A return to Avalon brings a welcome reminder of quality

I was expecting an air of doom and gloom in Avalon – it had been a pretty crappy day for the hospitality sector, let’s face it – but the welcome was as warm as it had been when I first visited it almost three years ago.

Avalon on Morehampton Road in Dublin 4: the kitchen takes classic flavours and jazzes them up to great effect Pic: Fergal Phillips